William Rockwell Clough

Posted on 20 April, 2007 by Janice Brown

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Peeps

Posted on 18 April, 2007 by Janice Brown

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Frost Heaves

Posted on 18 April, 2007 by Janice Brown

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Ascared

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A New Hampshire Oddity: Grafton’s “Ruggles Mine”

Posted on 17 April, 2007 by Janice Brown

Ruggles Mine postcard from the 1960s.

Samuel Ruggles discovered mica in New Hampshire in 1803, while digging around in his field near the town of Grafton, Grafton County, NH. From such small beginnings arose the first commercial mica mine in the United States. Ruggles Mine is considered the nation’s oldest mica, feldspar and beryl mine.

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